The Lake Orion girls? 400-yard freestyle relay team finished 16th last Saturday in the Division 1 state meet’s final event, officially putting an end to the fall season at LOHS. The team of Nicole Kudla, Sara Simic, Chrissie Forrest and Emily Loerch, finished in 3:46.21 to earn LO’s only two points in the meet. As […]
The Lake Orion Police Association continued their strong tradition of giving back to the community this week by offering a check to offset some of the costs associated with the annual Thanksgiving feast put on at C.J.’s Village Caf?. C.J’s owner Carl Slomczenski said he expects somewhere around 250 people on Thursday. ‘It’s really appreciated,? […]
As expected, the decision to ax Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel has garnered a myriad of opinions. The truth is that this action, the new council’s first of significance, will undoubtedly be the one they are most remembered for — and it’s much too early to analyze its repercussions (a special meeting that took place […]
In just two years time, the Lake Orion hockey program has grown to be one of the area’s, and the state’s, most respected, as evident by their trip to the state quarterfinals a year ago. The team has added a junior varsity squad this season, and coach Pat Cherry said a trip to final four […]
An argument has been made that with boys? and girls? basketball teams competing at the same time this season, the girls will be overshadowed. But if the Lake Orion girls? squad can live up to their preseason goals, that simply won’t be an issue. A team that won the school’s first ever district championship and […]
By a 4-3 margin, the Lake Orion Village Council voted Tuesday night to terminate the contract of Village Manager JoAnn Van Tassel, after rejecting a motion to postpone the decision by the same count. The decision comes just two months after two new members were voted to council. New President Rob Reetz and new President […]
For years, Dr. Joe Mastromatteo has been honored to carry the POW/MIA flag with the American Legion in the annual Holiday Lighted Parade through downtown Lake Orion. This year, his duties in the parade will expand to include Grand Marshall, as he has been chosen Orion’s Citizen of the Year by the Orion Area Parade […]
Macomb Dakota outlasted Lake Orion 26-14 last Friday in a regional final, marking the third time in the past four years that the host Cougars have ended the Dragons? season. Lake Orion hung tight with the defending Division 1 state champs until a costly turnover ended a potential lead-taking scoring drive midway through the fourth […]
The Lake Orion Downtown Development Authority is encouraging downtown merchants to show their holiday spirit and light up downtown like never before in preparation for the annual lighted parade. The annual window decorating contest is back, but with many changes based on input from merchants and visitors. The contest is expanding to include interiors of […]
A couple of weeks ago, in this very space, I noted that space within this paper is at a premium ? to which one reader aptly noted that my column is still published on a regular basis. Touch?. We journalists do our best to write concisely, to ensure that every story has space in these […]